lesser
IPA: ɫˈɛsɝ
noun
- a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc.
- A surname.
adjective
- Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc.
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Examples of "lesser" in Sentences
- The apportion was divided into lesser parts.
- I figured it was the lesser of the two evils.
- I like to use lesser used words like stygian.
- The lesser auricular nerve does definitely exist.
- The imprecision is actually the lesser of the three.
- One of Stewart's lesser known talents was his homespun poetry.
- He subsequently gained the loyalty of part of the lesser gentry.
- Larissa Kelly is at least as deserving as the lesser of those luminaries.
- Part of the nobility of Lesser Poland supported the accession of Boleslaus.
- Gastric ulcers are most often localized on the lesser curvature of the stomach.
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